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add-on equipment after contract signed / cameras and audio in home / February 23, 2017

KEN KIRSCHENBAUM, ESQALARM - SECURITY INDUSTRY LEGAL EMAIL NEWSLETTER/ THE ALARM EXCHANGEYou are receiving this email from Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum PC because you purchased alarm / security contracts, are in the alarm / security industry or subscribed on our website. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us go to your spam controls and white list ken@kirschenbaumesq.com, secure.mybiz.com, mybiz.com Read prior articles at Alarm Law Issues / Articles / Email Articles**************************************************************************************************add-on equipment after contract signed / cameras and audio in home / February 23, 2017**********************DONT MISS TODAY'S WEBINAR - STILL TIME TO REGISTER AND ATTEND All You Need To Know About Selecting the Right Broker to Sell Your Alarm Business by Ron Davis and Steve RubinRegister here:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8548769256865453057***** And be sure to sign up for tomorrow's webinar:Title: All You Need To Know About modern nationwide central station operations and how to select the best central station for your needs by Morgan Hertel from Rapid ResponseRegister here:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/507826318172222465When: February 24, 2017 noon ESTSee full schedule of webinars below****************************add-on equipment after contract signed*****************************Ken We have a monitored residential account that the owner wanted the installer’s code to his alarm panel so that he could add devices that he bought. I told him that we would not give out the code due to issues that can be created with programming by the end user as well as dispatching on devices that are not accounted for at the monitoring center. I further offered to program these devices into his system, and asked that after he installed them to call back with the device ID and we will remotely program them from the office. He was very understanding and a couple of days later he called back and we programmed these devices. We told him that he needed to test them and we’ll verify the receipt of the alarm. Unfortunately he never bothered to test them, but we know that they are active because they are programmed into the system and are checking in with the panel. Should we have had him sign something exempting us from issues that may arise from this add-on? We are already in contract with him with the Residential All-in-One, but I’m feeling we need to go the extra mile here under these circumstances.Thank you,Dan Z***********************Response*********************** A contract, even the All in One, is only as good as the paper it's written on. [as opposed to not worth the paper it's written on]. When you entered into that Residential All in One you listed the equipment and services. You have nothing documenting the add-on equipment and services. Arguably the add-on services are not covered by the written contract. If a loss occurs and it's attributable to the add-on equipment or service you could be without contractual protection. When we sent you the Residential All in One we provided a Supplemental Agreement. This form would be suitable to the add-on devices and services. Alternative you could have insisted on a new contract. You sacrificed expediency for prudence.***********************cameras and audio in home***********************Ken, I have an older customer that has nurses come and go Monday thru Friday. Things have been disappearing. So he wants to put interior wireless WiFi cameras to cover all doors. He has a door in his master bedroom. The camera would only cover the door and dresser. The camera could be moved since it would be sitting on his dresser. We would have window stickers stating 24 HR audio/ video monitoring on premise. Do we need any other documents signed? Sticker / Sign in Master Bedroom?JP***********************Response************************ You ask if any other document needs to be signed -- what document do you have signed? You need the Residential All in One signed and in the Schedule of Equipment and Services you should add that the Subscriber has been advised to use equipment lawfully. You do not need window stickers or signs. Your subscriber has a right to have cameras on his premises. The nurses have no right or expectation of privacy in that house, except in the bathroom or changing room - and that means their bathroom and changing room, because your subscriber can have cameras in his bathroom and changing room. Same for audio if you're in a one-party state because as long as your subscriber is part of the conversation he can consent to the audio interception and recording. In all party state you could not have audio without the nurse's consent.***********************Free Book offering from fellow alarm company colleague*************************** Alarm guy Jay Stuck has published his third thriller, Sweet Dreme, on Kindle. As a special for my newsletter readers, Jay is making it free on Kindle from February 20 through Feb 23. Use link now to claim free book. George Dreme's third action thriller finds George in big trouble. Seems his CIA handlers are not happy that he went rogue. 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